Help About How the LInC Web Site is Organized

LInC Online Navigation Bar

Each LInC page has a "navigation bar" at the top of the page. The
top row of buttons in this navigation bar links to an annotated
home page for each of the five main sections (topics) of the course
(Introduction, Engaged Learning, Staff Development, Technical Skills,
and Issues). The Overview page has a brief description about
all sections. The home page for each section describes all the
resources available in that section. The top row of the navigation
bar looks like this:

The second row of buttons in the navigation bar provides navigation aids to help you find what you need. This row includes a Table of Contents
page and a Site Map which list all of
the LInC resource Web pages. Also included are a page listing
the End Products you will be creating for the course,
a page you can use to post Suggestions or problems with
the LInC resource Web pages, a page with Help about how the
site is organized, and a Search page. The second row of the navigation
bar looks like this:

LInC Online Overview Page and Main Sections

Please "bookmark" or make a "favorite" of this page right now
so you can get to it easily! This page has links for all the LInC
materials you may need during the course. These pages provide short
descriptions, longer descriptions, guiding questions, resources,
instructions, templates, examples, and rubrics to assist you with
each part of your project development and staff development planning.
These materials also have links to useful outside resources.

The materials are divided into five main sections:

Introductory materials about the course

Engaged Learning and Effective Use of
Technology
(including how to proceed in creating your own project)

Educational Issues
(related to use of technology and engaged learning)

Your LInC Course Home Page (Site Specific)

Several very important pages you will use regularly are included
in your LInC course's home page for your site. At any given time,
several LInC courses may be being conducted in various parts of the
country. Each course will have a home page for their participants
that is hosted by the site that is offering the course. If you have
not been notified already where this is, please ask your
facilitator.

Your LInC course's home page will provide links to:

Assignments - This lists course assignments and due
dates.

Chat Schedule - This lists the chat schedule (times,
topics, and channels) for each week if your course will hold online
chats.

Completed Assignments - This lists which assignments have
been completed for each participant.

Site-Specific Information - This lists the account, server,
and electronic communication tool information for your LInC course.
You will need this information to subscribe to your course's mailing
list, participate on an electronic discussion board for your course,
participate in real-time electronic chats for your course, and to
publish your work on your course site's Web server.

These are only some of the most important pages. We suggest that
you browse your LInC course's home page and the LInC Online overview
page to become familiar with what is available.

Some Tips on Using LInC Web Pages

There is a flow of lessons from one concept to another. However,
we realize that the participants in this course, like any course,
have a wide range of abilities and skills. Do not feel constrained to
use the pages in any lock-step order. Feel free to move ahead or to
skip to pages that contain information you need. As facilitators, we
wish to encourage you to use the pages and resources as they meet
your needs.

When you are reading LInC pages, you may find it easier to read
through a whole page first--without following any links--and then use
the links later to find out more about the linked items as you need
them.

When you see this book image in the LInC Online Web pages, this means
that the following link(s) are a supplementary resource you can use
to get more information. These links are not "required" readings and
are not part of the main flow of the content.

Fermilab LInC is sponsored by the Fermilab Education Office and the Fermilab Friends for Science Education and supported in part by the Office of High Energy Physics, Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy, the Illinois State Board of Education and the National Science Foundation. Opinions expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Department, State or Foundation.